InfoPath Dev

Help, please.

How can I submit an attachment to a Web Service?

Should I convert the attachment to BASE64 before sending the data?

Thanks in advanced!

The attachment is encoded as Base64 in the XML so no conversion is required.

Does your Web service take the entire XML as a string? Or is it parameterized?

Best practice is to make it loosely coupled, i.e. take the entire XML as a string. No parameter validation needed because InfoPath won't submit an invalid form anyway.

Qdabra's DBXL Web service is a great example of the loosely couple approach. Supports all data types: images, attachments, rich text, hotdogs ... you name it!

:)

Hi Patrick,

I need to create a custom XML based on the InfoPath Form using Bizagi's data model. For Example:

<BizAgiXMLNode>InfoPathFieldValue<BizAgiXMLNode>

Please, take a look:

http://wiki.bizagi.com/en/index.php?title=How_to_Create_a_Case_Using_SOA

You said:

"The attachment is encoded as Base64 in the XML so no conversion is required".

How can I read the string (Base64) of the attachment?

In the end I need this:

<BizAgiXMLNode>Base64AttachmentString<BizAgiXMLNode>

Thanks in advanced.